25 years ago the world's greatest hero vanished.

Thirteen year old Sam Cleary suspects that his mysteriously reclusive neighbor Mr. Smith is actually the legendary vigilante Samaritan, who was reported dead 25 years ago. With crime on the rise and the city on the brink of chaos, Sam makes it his mission to coax his neighbor out of hiding to save the city from ruin.
Samaritan keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing justice, power, corruption, media.
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)E8/E11 · corruption, media
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two (2021)E8/E11 · corruption, justice
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003)E8/E11 · corruption, justice
Death to Smoochy (2002)E8/E11 · corruption, media
The Toxic Avenger (1984)E8/E11 · corruption, justice
The Tournament (2009)E8/E11 · corruption, mediaThe same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
The Big Short (2015)E10/E13 · rare rung · corruption, power
Vice (2018)E10/E12 · rare rung · corruption, media
Dragonheart: Vengeance (2021)E10/E12 · rare rung · corruption, justice
DragonHeart (1996)E9/E10/E12 · rare rung · justice, power
In the Loop (2009)E9/E10 · corruption, media
Let the Bullets Fly (2010)E9/E10 · corruption, power